John stanton



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN STANTON, OF ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO YVILLIAMEGAN, OF SAME PLACE; MARY A. HARDIMAN ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID STANTON,DECEASED.

,CORPSE-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 541,296, dated une 18,1895. Application filed mum 11,1895. Serial No. 537,884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN STANTON, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Ashland, in the county of Schuylkill and State ofPennsylvania, have invented celtain new and useful Improvements inCorpse-Coolers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the be preserved, and danger from contagious'dis.

eases avoided.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, partlybroken away, showing my improved corpse-cooler. Fig. 2 is acentrallongitudinal section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a plan View, the coverbeing removed.

In the said drawings, the reference numeral l designates a box,preferably made of thick wood and comprising. the bottom 2,parallelsides 3 and rounded ends 4, suitably secured together. This boxis of a length and 3 5 width to receive an ordinarysized corpse,

but about twice the depth thereof, and secured to the said sides on theinterior thereof, intermediate the top and bottom, are strips 5, formingsupports for a board or platform 6, formed with a number of perforations7. It is also provided near one end on the upper side with a head rest8, and at thesides near each end with notches 9, which serve ashandholds for placing the platform or board in po- 5 sition and removingthe same.

Located on the bottom 2, intermediateof the ends are two transverseguide bars 10, forming a drip receptacle 12, provided with an outlet 13.Located between these bars and the ends of the box, are pans 14 and 15.

'These pans are preferably made of galvanized iron, and the one, 14,which is located below where the head of the corpse rests, is largerthan the other and is designed to contain ice, while the smaller one 15,is to con- 5 5 tain disinfecting or deodorizing material. The pan 14.isprovided with a pipe 16 leading to the drip receptacle. At each side ofthe box and near each end .is a hinged door 17, whereby access may behad to the lower 6:) part of the box for inserting and removing thepans.

The numeral 18 designates the cover of the cooler, adapted to be securedthereto in any suitable manner and provided withglass panels forallowing the corpse to be viewed. The head panel is hinged to the saidtop so that access may be had to the interior of the box withoutremoving the cover.

In. using the invention the corpse is placed on the board 6, which isthen placed in the box, resting on the strips 5, and the cover is thensecured in position. The pans 14 and 15, containing respectively, iceand a disinfecting or deodorizing material or composiiion are theninserted in the chambers in the lower part of the box and the doors 17shut. The cold air and the vapor or odor from the disinfectants ordeodoriziug material will escape through the perforations in the board 6So and surrounding the corpse will tend to preserve the same and preventdecomposition and render innocuous any contagious disease germs.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is In a corpsecooler, the combination with the box, the strips secured to the sidesthereof intermediate the top and bottom and the removable perforatedboard provided with a head rest, of transverse bars forming a dripreceptacle, provided with an outlet, the ice pan having a pipe leading.to the drip receptacle, the pan for containing disinfectants, and thehinged doors near each end of the 5 box, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN STANTON. Witnesses:

JOHN J. GOLAHAN, EDDIE OURLEY.

